It’s late at night, and I’m sitting at a stop sign in Honda’s latest hot hatch. There isn’t another car in sight. I shove the shifter into first gear, stomp on the gas, and drop the clutch. The tach needle swings to the 6,8...

2017 has been a rough year for subcompact cars. Year-to-date sales are down drastically compared to 2016, and there’s no sign that they’ll recover anytime soon. Only Toyota’s Mazda2-based Yaris iA has managed to post a sale...

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Motor Trend’s vehicle reviews aim to provide a comprehensive look at new vehicles, from the earliest drawings in Concept reviews to our First Look and our First Drive reviews. Later on we report on in-depth testing results in our First Test reviews, compare new models against their competitive set in our Big Test comparisons, and arrange to spend a full year driving some models where we can more thoroughly evaluate them through our Long Term reviews.